Wire-stretcher.



A. G. PHILLIPS.

, WIRE STEETGHBR. ArPLIoATIoN FILED oo'mz, 1910.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

NN w ARTHUR Gr. PHILLIPS, OF FOSS, OKLAHOMA.

WIREeSTRETCI-IER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

Application led October 12, 1910. Serial No. 586,707.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR G. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Foss, in the county of VVashita, State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Stretchers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to wire stretchers.

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a wire stretcher which may be easily and quickly attached to a fence post for simultaneously stretching a plurality of wires utilized in the fence structure.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a wire stretcher of the character named which may be attached with facility to either a cylindrical or square fence post and which will be simple in construction, efficient in use and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views; and in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the fence section showing the invention associated with a cylindrical fence post. Fig. 2, a plan view showing the device associated with a fence post having a substantially square cross section. Fig. 3, an end view of what is shown in Fig. 2, and, Fig. 4, a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 28 and 25 indicate the terminal posts of a fence section and 9 the intermediate posts. The terminal post 28 is provided with a plurality of spaced laterally extending fingers 28 to which are secured respectively a plurality of fence wires 10. The other ends of these wires are secured to the wire stretcher to be hereinafter described.

Disposed adjacent the lower end of the terminal post 25 is a block 16 which has formed therein a vertical opening 16 and a pair of openings 19 extending horizontally through the block 16 on opposite sides of the opening 16 respectively. Passing through one of the openings 19 is a hook bolt 22, one end of which engages the post 25, while the other end thereof is threaded and provided with a nut 23, whereby the block 16 and post 25 are bound together. Another block 18 is disposed at the upper end of the post 25 and has formed therein a vertical opening 18 in alinement with the opening 16 of the block 16. A pair of openings 19 extend horizontally through the block 18 on opposite sides of the opening 18 and in one of theseopenings 19 is disposed a hook bolt 22, one end of which engages the post 25, while the other end is threaded and provided with a nut 23, whereby the block 18 is bound upon the post 25. The blocks 16 and 18 have corresponding sides thereof provided with a concaved recess 24, whereby the blocks may be reversed and secured to a cylindrical post as shown in Fig. 1; in which instance a portion of the terminal post 25 is disposed within the recess 24. It will also be noted in this respect that when the blocks are reversed in position, the bolt 22 is removed from one opening 19 to the other, while the bolt 22 is likewise removed from one opening 19 to the other. Rotatably mounted in the openings 16 and 18 is a hollow tubular shaft 12 which has formed therein a plurality of spaced openings 11, through which the wires 10 are inserted for the purpose of attaching the latter to the shaft 12. The shaft 12 is provided with an extension 21 which is disposed above the block 18 and carries a handle 20, whereby the shaft may be conveniently rotated and the wires 10 wound thereupon for the purpose of stretching the latter.

In order to permit the securing of the wires to the fence post 25 after they have been stretched, it is necesary to secure the shaft 12 against rotation under the influence of the tension of the stretched wires 10. For this purpose, there is detachably inserted through suitable openings in the shaft 12 a locking pin 14 which projects a suiicient distance laterally of the shaft 12 to engage the post 25 and thus securely lock said shaft against rotation.

-What is claimed is A Wire stretcher comprising a pair of blocks each of which has one side recessed to receive a fence post and its opposite side straight, a clamping bolt removably mounted in each of said blocks whereby the ends means for rotating said shaft, and means for i0 thereof may be reversed with respect to the securing a plurality of wires to said shaft at recessed and straight sides of the block, said spaced points thereon.

clamping boit having one end terminating in In testimony whereof, I affix my signaa hook to embrace a fence post and its other ture, in presence of two witnesses.

end threaded for the recept-ion of a nut ARTHUR Gr. PHILLIPS. whereby said block and hook may be forced I/Vitnesses: in opposite direction against a fence post, a MEADE JOHNSTON,

shaft rotatably mounted in said blocks, H. JAS. CRABB.

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